Video

In theory, videos shot with the LG G2 should look nothing short of outstanding. After all, the smartphone can capture optically stabilized, 1080p footage at 60 frames per second. But in reality, the quality of its videos depends greatly on the lighting conditions. Outdoor videos look amazingly smooth, but those shot in low light are extremely blurry, almost to the point of being unusable. The Samsung Galaxy S4 can take 1080p video at “only” 30 frames per second, and it looks very good, both during the day and during the night, even with no stabilization into play. The iPhone 5 can also take beautiful videos under broad daylight, but its low-light footage is very noisy. As for the HTC One, it takes good videos in a variety of conditions, but its aggressive auto-focus algorithms often try to refocus onto something when doing so isn't needed.

There's no denying, however, that the HTC One excels in capturing audio, while the iPhone 5 lags way behind the rest in that respect. The LG G2 and Samsung Galaxy S4 record sound clearly and at high volume in their videos.

This is not the best time to include the Nokia Lumia 1020 in this camera comparison. As we all know, the Lumia 1020 is a beast of a cameraphone which will blow these phones away, that's why they didn't include it in this comparison.

Nokia 1020 loses everywhere besides the camera, both are good cameras though.

Lumia 1020:
130.4 mm x 71.4 mm x 10.4 mm, 158.0 g

G2:
138.5 mm x 70.9 mm x 8.9 mm, 143 g

So the G2 is only 8mm taller, the G2 is lighter and the G2 is a little skinny width wise yet the screen is huge compared to the 1020. The G2 also doesn't run a cancer fueled OS and has hardware to justify the price.

I agree that the G2 is better than the Lumia 1020 in almost every aspects. But comparing the size between the G2 and the Lumia 1020 doesn't make any sense. The Lumia 1020 is bulkier and heavier is because of the large 41 MP camera sensor on the back of the Lumia 1020.

Cancer fueled OS? Come on Shatter, Windows Phone is growing. In the next few years, you will see Windows Phone become a Turbo Diesel OS. Just give it some time to grow.

people dont realize that we as consumers need more than a duopoly, so more than 2 OS is better to have, android and IOS shouldnt dominate, need more manufacturers to get a third OS, and yes WP8 while doesnt have much apps, does have some apps that are great and its fluid, we will have to keep watch as it grows, just hoping more gets developed on it.

Nobody looks at the reasons why one phone is a huge fricking brick and one isn't. They just look at which phone is bigger and which phone is slim and sexy and ignore the fatty with a big ugly camera hump.

I would rather take the G2 over the 1020 because even though the 1020 has the best camera on the market the app ecosystem is not currently at a point where I feel it is justified switching platforms. This is coming from a person who has recently purchased a 1520 and will most likely be exchanging it for a G2. Even though the camera on Nokia's phone is amazing and the in-house apps are pleasure to use, I am constantly aggravated by the current 3rd party app support that either has a list of apps that aren't currently available or mainstream apps that have not received an update in a long time and which makes them inferior to their ios and android counterparts. Even if the G2 doesn't have a better camera than Nokia's offerings it's still the best camera that android currently has to offer as well as it being coupled with various ways to share and backup your photos.

You pretty much know what your getting with the 1020; a powerful camera with a average smartphone. The contestants here are powerful smartphones with average cameras.
The S4 Zoom is more comparable to the 1020 and the 1020 kills it. End of story. Maybe when the Sony Z1 comes out you will have a 1020 comparison.

Probably because it is a camera comparison between top shelf phones that people actually want. No point including phones with deal breaking humps and deal breaking low screen resolution and deal breaking lack of apps.

When deciding a phone i'll weigh everything but i would just ignore the Lumia 1020 section because I know for a fact that the added camera hump and lower screen resolution is not worth the better camera for me.

This comparison is basically to see which well rounded phone has the best camera. Not for people looking for the best camera. If you add the 1020 then you might as well add some compact point and shoots and the GS4 zoom. That isn't what the readers want though. They want to know which no compromise phone has the best camera. Anyone can make a great camera with an ugly hump. The trick is doing it without affecting the phone in any way, which is what the phones in this comparison does, except for the HTC One which has a horrible camera.

Lumia 1020 is the best cameraphone, it's compared to DSLR Canon Rebel XS and Lumia 1020 won the comparison for detail and color representation. but the LG G2 is much better than LG's flagships before and have a great camera.

Well done LG, G2 is truly a monster phone.
and i hope HTC ditch ultra pixel thing because it's kinda under performing compared to its opponents in almost every comparison. HTC One looks great but camera kinda disappointing.
impressed by iPhone 5. Last year phone still standing up to most of this years flagship phones. This is what i love about Apple, they may not be top in all department but still hold their ground. Decent premium looking phone

The G2 delivers around the S4 Octa, slightly less details and lower dynamic range, but slightly better low-light performance. It's perfectly acceptable and would choose the G2 over the S4 anyway. Let's just wait and see what the Note III has to say about that. And the Sony Honami. And the Oppo N1. And then we can throw in the 808 and the Lumia 1020 and have the ultimate camera showdown. Until then, well done LG (well, technically well done Sony!).

Good God, why in the blue hell do phonearena teams put HTC one in camera comparison again? it always comes as the worst performer for goodness' sake!

They should put recent firmware updated Sony Xperia Z to make this camera comparison more fair and rounded (three 13MP cameras and 1 8MP camera)

I remembered the last time xperia z was in a camera comparison, it finished third with a score of 6.7 behind iphone 5 (6.8) and galaxy s4 (7.6) and defeated galaxy s3 (6.4), lumia 920 (6.3) and HTC One (5.9)

i'm sure with the recent firmware xperia z will at least beat iphone 5, don't know the chances of beating galaxy s4 and lg g2 though

SGS4 can be dumped for a G2. Reason being the OIS while allows better low light shots at which the SGS4 lags behind!
I have taken over a thousand shots with my SGS4. From potraits to close ups of our family, cat to few wedding shoots and many landscapes.
My SGS4 struggled in HDR Mode where the difference in shades between a normal shot and an HDR shot was minimal! Moreover, it captured only average low light indoor and outdoor shots. The panoramas were also Ok. One thing I noticed while capturing wedding shots in a hall is that there is different lighting in different parts of the hall. For instance, the stage is sufficiently lit, the section for guests to sit is adequately lit, while the corners may be lightly lit During the use of my SGS4 in this situation, what I conclude is that it took Ok shots, not good and not worse with digital noice and shakiness noticable!
With the G2 in hand with its OIS, the aforementioned scenes will be greatly captured! So camera junkis like me ( who also don't carry Pro Cameras or DLSRs all the time or juat dont want to), the LG G2 is a Must-To-Have Smart phone.

Does any one know where I can see a comparison of actual angular field of view of each phone camera?
Knowing the actual focal length isn't usually enough.
Actual verified angular field of view would be a great addition to any smartphone website's list of specs.

Is the author reviewing phones or cameras??? I could give a rats butt about taking high quality pictures with a phone. It's a tool - mostly a communications tool. How about focusing on something relevant to the fact that it's a PHONE - reception, voice quality, battery life, user interface, etc. I have a Razr Maxx HD for a personal phone and a S4 as a work phone. When it comes to communications, the Maxx HD kicks the S4's butt. When I want to take good quality pictures or video, I use something called a CAMERA.

I got an s4 and the focusing distance is 7cm. Pretty lame compared to my 3 year old HTC raider that focused as close as 3cm and takes nicer photos (color, contrast, white balance, sharpness) than the s4! The lens i wide also. What a disspointment s4.

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